INDEX. 



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Paoe 



Peach leaf curl ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 175, 



FeiiY and cheviy H8i^y-t[y {FrijcuM/p.i I i/itaciua) ... ... 709 



Pear leaf miner ' 7O8 



Pear Lbidge 710 



Pears: Imports 351,620 



Peas : Area, Great Britain, 1906 345 



Imports C19 



Production, Great Britain, 1906 539 



Peat : A new source of nitrates 475 



Peat mess, value as litter 360 



Peet, J. O. : Bed clover 557 



Perci' a], J. : Studies of weeds. II. — Coltsfoot 735 



1\ ruirisnora scMeidenl (Onion mildew) 230' 



rliu.sr,' X hniatus ("Java " beans) 52 



iV,w'/7/ ' ///r/, (Hop aphis) 714 



rjnjti'r'.thora infestans (PotaLo disease), perpetuation of 232, 257 



Pigs, see S)vine. 



Pines, a disease of Scots pines 115 



Pith moth 707 



Plants : Diseases, see Fungi. 



Fumigation by hydrocyanic acid gas 370 



-A import regulations ... ... ... ... ... ... 499' 



Rlwdcsia, import regulations 433 



Sovjli A frica, market for seeds, plants, and bulbs 121 



H V,v/< / /i ^4 ^isz'raZift, import regulations 177 



Plum aphis 623, 717 



Plum and cherry tree borer 708 



Plum trnit borer 709 



Plums : Imports ... 620 



Platclh! /y^^^6'^^/iJ?(9?^^^/5 (Diamond-back moth) in Norfolk 235 



rohjpui IIS annosus (Conifer root-rot) 115 



Poisoning of cattle by Java beans 52 



Population, decline in the agricultural 529, 694 



Pork ; Imports ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 351, 616 



Porter, J. ; Fattening calves for veal 727 



Porthcf<ia aurifhia{G^o{d-Ta.\\l\loi\\) ... 706 



Post Office : Telephones in rural districts 226, 747 



Potash: Deposits in Germany ... ... ... ... ... ... 221 



Effect on poor pasture 553 



Potatoes : Area, Great Britain, 1906 346 



Black scab in North Wales 441 



Cooking quality 47 



Crete, importation into... 760 



Disease, perpetuation of .. 232,257 



Dr.ying in Germany ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 358 



Growing in Yorkshire 15 



Imports ... 351, 620 



Leaf curl ... ... 232, 257, 472 



Manuring... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 



Prices 63, 127, 191, 255, 319, 383, 447, 511, 575, 639, 703, 767 



Production, Great Britain, 1906 539 



Solanuni commersonl ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 



Winter rot 739 



Poudrette as manure ... ' 71 



Poultry (see also Eqgs) : Animal food 457 



Artificial incubation 201' 



Breeds for fattening ... 80 



Eggs versus table poultry 521 



Fattening 73 



Gapes, remedy for ... 368 



Imports 351, 618 



Instruction in poultry- keeping 647 



Manure, value of • 719 



Marketing ... ^^95 



Poultry-yard fittings 272 



Soils suitable for poultry-keeping ... 52i, 



